2026 · 87 min

The Bay

Name: The Bay
Director: Phil Volken
Released: 2026-07-02

Best friends Emma and Lani, attending a destination wedding in Thailand, find themselves trapped on a sinking tour boat in the heart of a tiger shark sanctuary.

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Quick Facts

Confidence: MODERATE

Status: Provisional

Director: Phil Volken

Why It's Disturbing

The film centers on life-threatening maritime peril as friends become trapped aboard a sinking tour boat in a tiger shark sanctuary, creating sustained confinement and shark-related threat.

Psychological20

Gore8

Bleakness18

Realism20

Dread20

Violence15

Body Horror5

Taboo8

Lingering Impact20

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How disturbing is The Bay?

The Bay has a DreadQ Score of 17/100. The score reflects psychological impact, dread, bleakness, violence, gore, realism and other disturbance dimensions.

Is The Bay gory?

DreadQ currently rates its gore intensity at 8/100. See its disturbance profile for context.

Is The Bay worth watching?

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